Plaid Cymru have launched its election manifesto with the promise to stand up for the "have nots" rather than "haves".
The Welsh nationalists have pledged to protect front-line services from spending cuts with their manifesto launch; the party currently holds three of Wales's 40 seats.
The party said it will go into the election campaign on a platform that "reflects the conscience, values and priorities of the people of Wales".
Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones, Wales's deputy first minister, said the election is about cuts, or rather "the process of protecting the vulnerable" from them.
He said that Plaid will priorities the needs of the families and communities of Wales above all else while the London parties pamper to the "haves" of so-called middle Britain, rather than the "have nots".
Speaking at the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff Bay, Jones said: "This campaign is fast stripping away the veneer of Wales-based policies which the other parties claim to have developed."
He outlined seven key policy aims, and in order to achieve them he said the current funding formula that decides how much money Wales gets from Westminster must be overhauled and made much fairer.
They will include tackling the deficit by ending "unnecessary" government spending on ID cards and replacing Trident.
One of Plaid's key polices, he said, is to increase the state pension for all those aged over 80.
Jones added that when public finances allow, the increase would be extended to all pensioners.
He said that Labour has "paid lip service to the idea of tackling poverty".
Parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd said that the party would establish a new venture capital fund for small and medium sized businesses in Wales.
He added Plaid also wants to see better transport and broadband internet provision to boost the Welsh economy and greater investment in creating green jobs.
Plaid's director of policy Nerys Evans said the people of Wales must get a referendum on the devolution of law-making powers to the Welsh Assembly.
Party leader Jones added that "the greater the vote for Plaid, the better the deal for Wales".
